A close-range answer to an aggressor already inside your reach. The double palm strike stuns the inner ear and disrupts balance; the head-control rotation and nose rip take the attacker off their base without giving them a target to strike back at.
Stun a close-range attacker with simultaneous palm strikes to the ears, take control of the head, and drive them to the ground with a rotating snap and nose rip.
Begin with simultaneous palm strikes to both ears - cupped palms, fingers together, striking with the meat of the hand. Done together, the strike creates a pressure shock inside the ears that stuns and disorients.
Immediately place the palm of one hand under the chin and control the forehead with the other. Rotate the head with a quick snapping motion as you turn the attacker's body. Their base follows their head; their posture breaks.
Using a two-finger grip, make contact just inside the nose and rip toward you as they lose balance. As the attacker goes to the ground, follow up if needed with a downward blade kick - only to the level of force reasonably necessary to stop the threat - and be prepared to defend yourself if the threat continues. Then disengage.
- 1Both palms strike the ears at the same instant - one cracked concussion
- 2One palm under the chin, the other on the forehead controls the head
- 3Rotate with a sharp snapping motion as you turn the attacker off balance
- Striking the ears with flat, tense palms instead of cupped hands - kills the pressure effect
- Grabbing the head instead of framing chin-and-forehead for the rotation
- Snatching at the nose with a full grip; the two-finger rip is faster and controls direction
- Continuing to strike after the attacker is grounded and the threat has stopped